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  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • 37, Female
  • Member since 2006
  • Government Employee
  • B.S. Political Economics, B.A. Global Studies, B.A. Manag...
  • From Kisii, Kenya
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Treading the Path of Adversity Leads to the Destination of Your Dreams - Meeting people along the way makes the journey more enjoyable.

ABOUT ME

Women (in particular black women) have been known for their strength, elegance, power, love and beauty. It is not just the outer beauty that captivates and draws people to us. It is not the fact that we come in all shapes, sizes, colors and shades that men like us. It is our strong spirit, loving and nurturing souls, our integrity, our ability to overcome great obstacles, our willingness to stand for what we believe in, and our determination to succeed and reach our highest potential while enduring great pain and suffering.

Being a Christian, a future Stateswoman and Marine I strive to become a representation of black feminine excellence. Through constant strengthening and conditioning I work to improve who I am spiritually, mentally, and physically. Arriving some day to where I will be described as beautiful not sexy, a person of integrity and morals not a person of success, magnetic not charming, inspirational not fascinating, and above all Christian.

PHILOSOPHY

My personal philosophy is summed up in this poem:

IF

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

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Interests

languages, travel, policy, development

  • beauty
  • running
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • languages

Music, Movies, and Books

I love all types of music. I enjoy reading books with cover different culture, politics, philosophy, biographies, history, etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have had so many great experiences. The highlight of all my travels has been the people I have met from children, average folks like me, celebrities, to politicians.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you listen to someone you can learn more about them in two hours than you can in a lifetime of living together.

Countries I’ve Visited

Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Kenya, United States

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